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Susan Straight finds LA's secret heart in Between Heaven and Here and with a sleight of hand only the masters have, she creates an alley, a neighborhood, a history that is as rich and tragic as any Shakespearean tale.

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Walter Mosley
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: January 12
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Walter Ellis Mosley
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